Lunch Ride

Morning walk with some running…

Morning walk

South Kaibab Trail to the Colorado River & back to camp…

Over the last few years there has been a lot of awesome trail maintenance and building going on in Ringwood and Sterling Forest State Parks. If you haven’t been to either in a while, you will find many new multi use trails and re-routes. 

The Red Back Trail is located in what use to be a remote section of Sterling Forest before the completion of the Hutchinson/Munsee-Eagle/Red Back Multi-Use Trails Loop. The first time we had ridden the Red Back Trail was probably back in  2009… It is named after the Red Back Mine which was discovered in 1780 and was last worked in 1900.

This is a pretty challenging trail to ride. If the conditions aren’t perfect, you can expect to hike a bike in a few sections but it is ridable. For us on this day, temps were above 80º, humidity level was 92% and it was a little rainy out, making the trails very slick so we needed to a walk a few sections that we would normally be able to ride. I haven’t felt sweat pour from my head and face like this in some time. 

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Lunch Ride

Morning walk with some running…

Lunch Ride

Morning walk

South Kaibab Trail to the Colorado River & back to camp…

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